American Chess Grandmaster (2010) is born in Guam.
Best results: Pan American Youth Chess Festival in 2005 and 2006, silver medals; Florida Championship 2008, tied 1st; Arctic Chess Challenge 2009, tied 1st; 23rd North American FIDE Invitational 2009, 1st; Campeonato Juvenil Panamericano Absoluto (sub 20) 2009, 1st;
FIDE World Cup 2009, 1st round; FIDE World Cup 2011, 1st round; FIDE World Cup 2013, 2nd round; FIDE World Cup 2015, 1st round; Millionaire Chess Open 2014, 2nd; U.S. Championship 2015, 2nd;
He represented USA National Team at the Chess Olympiads ( 2012, 2016, 2018) and the FIDE World Team Championship (2010, 2013, 2017)